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Sherwin B. Nuland, author portrait
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Sherwin B. Nuland

Sherwin B. NulandM.D., is the author of nine previous books, including Doctors: The Biography of MedicineThe Wisdom of the BodyThe Mysteries Within, Lost in America: A Journey with My Father, and The Doctors’ Plague. His book How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter won the National Book Award and spent thirty-four weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. His writing has appeared in The New YorkerThe New RepublicThe New York TimesTime, and The New York Review of Books. Nuland was a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. He lived with his family in Connecticut. He died in 2014.
Maimonides
The Art of Aging
Lost in America
How We Live
Doctors
How We Die

Books

Maimonides
The Art of Aging
Lost in America
How We Live
Doctors
How We Die

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